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Ex-Gay Ads: Throwing Out Baby with Bathwater

The ex-gay group PFOX may no longer be able to post ads for free in the Washington, D.C., subway system.

One of the city’s gay newspapers reports that Metro may stop giving free ad space to non-profit groups. The policy change was prompted by the transit system’s budget deficit and by controversy generated by ex-gay, pro-marijuana, and Catholic pro-condom ads.

“We of all people have nothing to fear from an open and robust debate, because we have been winning these debates for many years,” Rosendall said. “It’s only when there’s hysteria mongering that goes unresponded to, that we get into serious trouble.”

An earlier newspaper article also reported on Rosendall’s defense of the right to post ex-gay ads. At the Yahoo Ex Gay Discussion Board, a PFOX operative posted a copy of that article with the subject line, Gays Bash Ex-Gays. Go figure.

Mike Airhart was the founding editor of Ex-Gay Watch, until he left in 2007. He has returned as a contributing writer. He has written periodically for Truth Wins Out, and volunteered for Men Can Stop Rape, Whitman-Walker Clinic, WaterFire Providence, and the Providence Equality Action Committee. His background includes expertise in journalism, business news, content syndication, human rights, sexual harassment issues, and liberation theology.